Edmonton Sun | 03Jul2011 | Orest Slepokura
http://www.edmontonsun.com/2011/07/01/letters-june-3
COGNITIVE DISSONANCE?
Re: Little cause for optimism about Libya,” Peter
Worthington, Sun, June 29, 2011.
Peter Worthington speculates over where Col. Gadhafi might
find sanctuary outside Libya. Libya itself once offered
sanctuary to ousted Ugandan dictator Idi Amin before he moved on to
Saudi Arabia. How the rigidly doctrinaire Muslim kingdom -- where woman
are prohibited from driving cars -- accommodated an exile
with a documented history of cannibalism based on animist
beliefs has long baffled me. Perhaps the Guinness Book of Records
should host a section devoted to listing the greatest
examples of national cognitive dissonance?
Orest Slepokura
(They didn’t exhibit
dissonance. That’s the point, right?)